Sr. Business Analyst to support banking (loan) systems - 72031-1

Sr. Business Analyst to support banking (loan) systems - 72031-1

Duration:12 months

Location: Hybrid (Downtown Toronto - Tuesdays in office)

Must Have Skills:

• 8+ years as a BA working with IT teams to design and implement technology solutions
• Exp with banking systems/technology
• Exp with conducting testing
• Stakeholder management
• Exp with SQL, Power Bi and reporting tools (data analysis)
• Exp leading team and/or coaching junior BA’s
• Banking exp

Job Description:

• Liaises with stakeholders to understand problems and opportunities and, recommends solutions to enable the achievement of organizational goals.
• Builds exceptional relationships with business partners and internal stakeholders.
• Analyzes data and creates documents and plans in service of informing, advising, or updating stakeholders.
• Ensures the requirements map to a real business need, are approved by all relevant stakeholders, and meet essential quality standards.
• Participates in reviews or inspections, in collaboration with the project team, to ensure the quality of work products.
• Understands and can explain to others the core processes, risks & mitigation techniques for designated areas.
• Anticipates and reduces complexity for others. Conducts independent analysis and assessment to resolve strategic issues.
• Monitors and tracks performance and addresses any issues.
• Builds change management plans of varying scope and type; leads or participates in a variety of change management activities including readiness assessments, planning, stakeholder management, execution, evaluation and sustainment of initiatives.
• Assists in the preparation of end-user materials.
• Plans and conducts third-party software analysis as needed for inclusion in the project solution.
• Gathers requirements and documents these requirements for use in various audits, reports, & projects.
• Participates in the creation of use cases and user expected results to ensure that software is delivered to end users with zero Severity 1 or Severity 2 defects.
• Works with project stakeholders to validate their requirements and analysis models via techniques such as reviews and walkthroughs.
• Ensures system specifications meet expectations/requirements and negotiates solutions. Creates documentation to ensure the supportability of analyses.
• Maintains existing requirements to ensure that current-state needs are known.
• Develops and implements data collection systems and other strategies that optimize statistical efficiency and data quality.
• Identifies, analyzes, and interprets trends or patterns in complex data sets.
• Filters and “cleans” data, and reviews computer reports, printouts and performance indicators to locate and correct code problems.
• Remains alert to new techniques for insights, analytics, and data visualization, and devises new ways of applying them.
• Interprets data, analyzes results using statistical techniques and provide ongoing reports. Recommends approaches to streamline and integrate technological processes in the organization to improve overall efficiency.
• Facilitates discussions and follows a structured approach to plan, elicit, analyze, document, communicate and manage requirements with stakeholders.
• Provides analytical support and insights.
• Identifies opportunities to strengthen business analysis capability, such as: sharing expertise to promote technical development, mentoring employees, building communities of practice and networks across.